Table 2: The main technical data for the SWR 1000 design

   
SWR 1000
 
1300MW GUN  

Power plant Thermal power 2778 3840 MW
  Gross power output 1013 1344 MW
  Net power output 977 1284 MW
  Net power efficiency 35.2 33.4 %

Reactor core Number of fuel assemblies 648 (12x12) 784 (9x9)  
  Number of control rods 157 193  
  Length of active core 2.80 3.71 m
  Average power density 48 56.8 kW/l
  Average enrichment 5.3 3.14 %
  Discharge burnup 65000 35000 MWd/t

Reactor pressure vessel Inner height 22.70 22.35 m
  Inner diameter 7.00 6.62 m
  Design pressure 88 87.3 bar
  No. of recirculation pumps 6 8  

Containment Inner diameter 34 29 m
  Inner height 28.7 32.5 m

Reactor Refurbishment and the Development of Improved Designs:
Dr Wolf-Dieter Krebs (paper authored by Wulf Bürkle)

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